The information on this page aims to provide assistance to adaptation practitioners in
locating and obtaining funding for adaptation projects and programmes. The following four
funding portals are highly accessible tools for disseminating information on existing funds for
adaptation and provide a thorough coverage of the available funding sources. Additionally,
the Financial
Mechanism page contains information on the financial mechanism of the Convention and is regularly
updated with current developments in climate finance.

At its thirty-third session, the SBI requested the secretariat to develop user-friendly outputs and
accessible forms of disseminating the information on accessing existing funds for adaptation in the
context of the further implementation of Decision 1/CP.10 (see FCCC/SBI/2010/27, para 84).

Climate Finance Options addresses the need of developing countries for climate finance
information. It is envisioned as the main website for information on climate finance, including
finance for adaptation. It was developed by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the
World Bank Group in close cooperation with the UNFCCC
secretariat.

It is the first platform which is used as a joint conduit of information on investment finance by a
number of UN agencies and multilateral development banks. It also builds on an interactive community
to share South - South experience and best practices.

Funding Sources
database contains information on funds which are available for both adaptation and mitigation
projects. Users can search by focus area, sector and financing mechanism.

With the Advanced Search
users can search funds by country and region, focus area, sector, financing mechanism, funding source
and financing needs, as well as any combination of the above.

The Library contains useful
documents on climate project financing developed by the World Bank Group, UNDP, and other expert
bodies.

Climate Funds Update provides information on the growing number of international funding initiatives
designed to help developing countries address the challenges of climate change. The site aims to detail
what type of activities the funds support and in what regions, the scale of the proposed funding, how
the funds are being disbursed, and what has been achieved so far. It was developed by the Overseas Development Institute and the Heinrich Boell Foundation.

List of Funds contains extensive
information on various multilateral and bilateral funding sources. Often links to the funds'
websites are included, but contact information is not provided.

Eldis presents a dossier on climate change adaptation that provides a summary of current
thinking on climate adaptation issues with access to relevant and up to date resources and
publications for researchers, practitioners, and policy makers. It was developed as part of
a family of knowledge services by the Institute of Development Studies.

Grant Makers By
Category allows users to locate further information on an identified Grant Maker, such
as examples of recent grants, the grant maker's particular application procedure and the grant
maker's website.

Links and
Resources provides a particular selection of useful
high-quality links to third-party sources of information for grant seekers.